HIV Prevention Project Technical Team Lead
General Description of role: Reporting to the Country Director this position is responsible for technical leadership and oversight of HWWK’s CDC funded HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Nairobi and Rift Valley.
S/he will also work closely with other senior staff of HWWK and partner organizations to develop and manage the overall technical strategy of the programs.
Additionally, the Technical Team Lead will provide essential support to the
program managers and M&E Technical Team Lead in managing and supervising
the program implementation activities of project staff and project partners and
will play a key role in managing technical, administrative and financial inputs
to achieve the project objectives.General Description of role: Reporting to the Country Director this position is responsible for technical leadership and oversight of HWWK’s CDC funded HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Nairobi and Rift Valley.
S/he will also work closely with other senior staff of HWWK and partner organizations to develop and manage the overall technical strategy of the programs.
Key areas of Responsibility:
- Play
a leading role in supervising the planning and implementation of HWWK CDC
funded HIV Programs, ensuring that all activities are properly and timely
performed and that outputs are accomplished and delivered according to
agreed work plans.
- Oversee
the implementation of services and activities in the target communities in
the two regions of Nairobi and Rift Valley, and coordinate with other
program partners and stakeholders.
- Provide
technical oversight for all work and activities necessary to achieve the
project planned objectives, outputs and deliverables.
- Participate
in the monitoring and evaluation of project activities, interventions and
impact.
- Provide
technical supervision and assign technical responsibilities as needed for
the project staff and project partners including the community.
- Identify
development opportunities and provide strategic directions for programs.
- Organize
and lead related strategic program and project planning and development
- Assist
in the identification and dissemination of best practices and technical
strategies and approaches
- Provide
technical input during the development of the program work plans, long
term strategies and reporting, and assist in documenting all project
activities, tasks, achievements and success stories.
- Keep
the Country Director and other senior HWWK staff informed of success,
challenges and lessons learned in implementing programs in areas of
technical expertise.
Qualifications
- A
Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in a clinical or related
field
- Master’s
Degree in Public Health or other International Health related field.
- At
least 3 years experience designing, implementing and managing HIV/AIDS
prevention, care and treatment programs including the design,
administration, management and implementation of international health
programs in developing countries, including supervision, monitoring and
evaluation.
- Proven
leadership, management, interpersonal, and decision making skills
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills (English and Swahili)
- Proven
experience in writing of abstracts, proposals and reports.
- Experience
in working with GoK and Bi-lateral or multi-lateral donors.
- Computer
literacy in the use of MS Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook,
with practical experience in the use of electronic communications
including email, internet, etc.
- Demonstrated
ability to work as a team player in a multi-disciplinary team setting
Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Team Lead
General Description of Role:
The Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Team Lead will oversee the implementation of the M&E component of CDC funded HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Nairobi and Rift Valley.
Working closely with the Program Technical Team Lead, and other senior staff members, the Monitoring and Evaluation Team Lead will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all M&E activities in HWWK.
S/he will work towards translating M&E and other strategic information into improved PEPFAR programming and delivery of HIV prevention activities; contribute to a single national M&E system in Kenya; strengthen systems and capacity among HWWK sub-grantees receiving PEPFAR funding to collect, manage, and use quality M&E data to inform program and policy in the national response to HIV Prevention.
Key Responsibilities
General Description of Role:
The Monitoring & Evaluation Technical Team Lead will oversee the implementation of the M&E component of CDC funded HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs in Nairobi and Rift Valley.
Working closely with the Program Technical Team Lead, and other senior staff members, the Monitoring and Evaluation Team Lead will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all M&E activities in HWWK.
S/he will work towards translating M&E and other strategic information into improved PEPFAR programming and delivery of HIV prevention activities; contribute to a single national M&E system in Kenya; strengthen systems and capacity among HWWK sub-grantees receiving PEPFAR funding to collect, manage, and use quality M&E data to inform program and policy in the national response to HIV Prevention.
Key Responsibilities
- Operationalize
the M&E framework designed for the HIV prevention programs including
and not limited to: designing program M&E tools for data collection,
verification, and management and reporting as well as data audits.
- Supervise
M & E Officers based in Nairobi and Rift Valley Programs
- Support
sub-grantees in setting up functional data management systems and
processes, support the assessment processes of Sub recipients and
implement actions emanating from assessments.
- Assist
program staff to develop systematic and realistic monitoring plans that
capture quantitative and qualitative data to report on all indicators in
Sub Recipients program;
- Work
closely with GOK counterparts to revise/ develop new M&E tools and
review existing ones.
- Facilitate
on the job M & E training for capacity development, especially in the
area of using data for decision making.
- Develop
and maintain a system for archiving M & E guidelines, tools, data
files, analysis files, reports and presentations for major activity
undertaken.
- Assist
in gathering, summarizing and disseminating relevant technical updates on
program planning monitoring, evaluation and operations research within the
project.
- Coordinate
mid-term reviews and evaluation of program activities and ensure proper
documentation of innovative approaches and best practices for
dissemination and sharing experiences to promote repeat applications or
scaling-up in different community settings.
- Participate
in multidisciplinary teams to develop, implement and evaluate strategic
management plans to improve HWWK programming effectiveness.
Qualifications
- A
Bachelors’ degree in public health, epidemiology, surveillance, monitoring
and evaluation or a numerate subject is required; those with Masters
Degrees have an added advantage.
- Minimum
3 years experience working as an M&E officer in a health/medical
research organization, university or public health program, preferably in
developing countries is required.
- Knowledge
of MOH systems and experience working in donor funded programs
- Experience
working in a PEPFAR funded project will be an added advantage.
In addition to the above positions, vacancies also exist for the
following positions: -
- HTC
Team Leader (1 position)
- Program
Nurse (3 positions)
- Program
Assistant to do Behavioral interventions with MARPS (2)
- HTC
Counselor -Static site (2 positions)
- HMBL
Program Assistant (1 position)
Send your CV and cover letter with two-year salary history, and three professional referees to hr@hopewwkenya.org.
The closing date for all applications is 2nd December, 2011.
State name of position on subject line.
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
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